# Forward compatibility and stability of Julia vs. Packages

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/forward-compatibility-and-stability-of-julia-vs-packages/97968>\
**Category:** General Usage\
**Created:** [April 25, 2023, 6:09pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/forward-compatibility-and-stability-of-julia-vs-packages/97968 "2023-04-25T18:09:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![mkitti](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/mkitti/32/12459_2.png) [@mkitti](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/mkitti)\
**Post date:** [April 26, 2023, 11:10pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/forward-compatibility-and-stability-of-julia-vs-packages/97968/16 "2023-04-26T23:10:11Z")

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The issue with XGBoost.jl and LIBSVM.jl breaking within the Julia 1.8 series is very unfortunate.

> [@Issue with XGBoost.jl and LIBSVM.jl when Julia 1.8.4](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/issue-with-xgboost-jl-and-libsvm-jl-when-julia-1-8-4/92396):
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> Dear all I am using XGBoost.jl v2.2.0 and LIBSVM.jl v0.8.0, under Windows 11. It works fine with Julia 1.8.3 versioninfo() Julia Version 1.8.3 Commit 0434deb161 (2022-11-14 20:14 UTC) Platform Info: OS: Windows (x86\_64-w64-mingw32) CPU: 16 × Intel(R) Core(TM) i9-10885H CPU @ 2.40GHz WORD\_SIZE: 64 LIBM: libopenlibm LLVM: libLLVM-13.0.1 (ORCJIT, skylake) Threads: 8 on 16 virtual cores Environment: JULIA\_EDITOR = code JULIA\_NUM\_THREADS = 8 But when I uses Julia 1.8.4 julia\> ver…

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